I walked out of a meeting at 11am and felt a buzz in my pocket. I checked my phone to find 16 text messages in a group text from old college roommates, peer pressuring each other into buying presale tickets to the Outside Lands music festival in August. I debated whether or not I wanted in for about four seconds, until I remembered this delicious beast from last year:

Yeah, that’s a cheeseburger with a glazed doughnut for each bun, with sweet potato tots. Worth it.

I rushed back to my desk. Uh oh, the presale had already been up for an hour. I frantically typed my password, logged on to buy tickets and was greeted with this gem:

Too late!

Damn! Of course, presale tickets sell out in a few minutes. I resigned myself that I had missed the window of opportunity due to a work meeting. I’d have to wait for normal sale tickets, but then they’d be even more expensive and be gone even faster. Then it hit me!

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I studied abroad my junior year in college and lived in Perugia, Italy. It’s a beautiful little mountain town filled with college students attending three different schools. It actually reminds me of Boulder in that way.

Amazing food was plentiful. My favorite class was History and Culture of Food in Italy. There were as many restaurants, pasticerrias (bakeries) and cafes as you would want in walking distance. I got to try a few amazing meals in Perugia, but the majority of my meals were cooked at home since I ran out of money in October and illegally took on a job bartending to make some extra cash.

You know what they say. More euros, more problems (not true when you don’t have any euros).

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